Lagos State government on Wednesday, arraigned Eze Ndigbo of Ajao Estate in Lagos, Frederick Nkemdilim Nwajagu, before Justice Yetunde Adesanya of a Lagos High Court sitting in Tafawa Balewa Square (TBS), for alleged t£rr%rism.
Nwajagu was arraigned on nine-count charge bordering on attempt to commit acts of t£rr%rism, participate in t£rr%rism, meet to support proscribed entity, attempt to finance an act of t£rrorism, and preparation to commit an act of t£rr%rism.
According to a suit marked no: LD/21505C/2023, his off£nces are against the provision of section 403(2) of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015
and sections 12(c), 18, 21, 29 & 12(a) of the Terrorism (Prevention & Prohibition) Act, 2022, among others.
The state’s counsel, Deputy Director in the Ministry of Justice, Jonathan Ogunsanya, who represented the Attorney General of Lagos State, Moyosore Onigbanjo, told the court to allow the defendant take his plea.The defendant denied the allegation and pleaded not guilty to all counts.
The judge adjourned the case to July 4 and 5, 2023, for trial.
Recall that Nwajagu was arrested by operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) over an alleged thr£@t to invite members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) to Lagos to secure properties of Igbo people in the state.
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